We have 65 acres in rural Texas' coastal region. One night me (EK), and my partner A, and friends T and D were all having some fun around a campfire. Everything was normal but as the night got further there were weird noises coming from the forest and a strange shroud of eerieness that everyone mentioned. After a while it just got too much and we decided to go inside. A went to get some water from the lake to put the fire out, and almost as soon as he left he came running back talking about a strange presence around the lake.
Fast forward a few months and all of us are back at the campfire with the addition of E. This time, the same thing happens, strange noises from the forest, almost like banging on drums, and a weird coat of discomfort. This time E went to the lake to get some water. They came back but something was very off about how they were acting. We all inquired as to what happened, and they had the same experience, something at the lake had a bad presence.
About a year goes by with no incident. One day I'm by myself out having a small fire, when something is drawing me towards the lake. It was like I blinked and was at the lake, up to my knees. I suddenly snap out of it and get out of there, but as I do I turn and see a huge shadowy figure, about 11 feet tall, huge skinny limbs, long fingers, and two bright white eyes. All of the sudden my memories flip to sleepless nights where I felt like something was watching me, and an eerie memory of one of my friends describing this exact creature
But before I know it suddenly the creature sinks down into the lake. I run back to the house, but I don't tell anyone about the experience in fear that they might not believe me
#Across the lake
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A few months later we're back at the campfire, and guess what happens? Strange feelings, stranger noises. D and T go to get the water this time, we hear them talking as they walk away but suddenly everything is silent, even the forest. That goes on for what feels like an eternity until finally D and T get back, T is obviously shaken, he looks to D and only says "we have to get out of here"
We go back to the house, where D explained him feeling a presence of something he's felt as his property before and T explained seeing out of the corner of his eye.. a large shadowy creature with long fingers and bright eyes..
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I would never go back. ☠️
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Thankfully I'm moving soon lmao
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After that kind of experience I probably wouldn’t even leave the house area at night again unless I was going directly to the car and was not alone.